Abstract: The collection contains letters written by Pearl Buck, her passport
from 1967, articles written by or about Pearl Buck, movie lobby cards and other movie
memorabilia relating to Pearl Buck books, photographs, and Pearl Buck memorabilia, such as First
Day Covers and figurines.

Physical location: Please consult repository.

Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

Access

Collection open for research.

Publication Rights

All requests for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to Special
Collections.

Pearl Buck (1892-1973) was reared in China by her missionary parents and later taught in a
Chinese university. Her first book to reach a wide audience was The Good Earth (1931, Pulitzer
Prize), describing the struggles of a Chinese peasant and his slave wife. Sons (1932) and A
House Divided (1935) followed; the trilogy was published as The House of Earth (1935). Among her
later works are short stories, novels (including five under the pseudonym John Sedges), and an
autobiography. She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938.

The collection contains letters written by Pearl Buck, her passport from 1967, articles
written by or about Pearl Buck, movie lobby cards and other movie memorabilia relating to Pearl
Buck books, photographs, and Pearl Buck memorabilia, such as First Day Covers and figurines.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into 9 series:

Series 1: Articles about or related to Pearl S. Buck

Series 2: Book Reviews of Pearl S. Buck works

Series 3: Fiction articles by Pearl S. Buck

Series 4: Nonfiction articles by Pearl S. Buck

Series 5: Motion picture materials

Series 6: Correspondence

Series 7: General Topics

Series 8: Images of Pearl S. Buck

Series 9: Pearl S. Buck Memorabilia

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.

Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973

American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism

Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Popular literature -- United States -- History and criticism

Related Material

Denison Library also has a Pearl Buck book and periodical collection, donated by Gordon
Van de Water in 2003.

Collection Contents

Articles about or related to Pearl S. Buck

Box 1 , Folder 1

Photocopy of "Mrs. Buck Under Fire as a Heretic," The Literary Digest, May 6, 1933

Box 1 , Folder 2

Photocopy of "Pearl Buck Finds that East and West Do Meet," The New York Times
Magazine, November 20, 1938

Box 1 , Folder 3

Photocopy of "Pearl Buck Talks of Her Work," The New York Times Book Review, March
10, 1940

Box 1 , Folder 4

Photocopy of "Pearl S. Buck: Author," Wisdom, May 1959

Box 1 , Folder 5

Photocopy of "Pearl Buck and the Good Earth of Vermont," The Saturday Evening
Post, Spring 1972